Asian American Quality of Life Advisory CommissionSept. 18, 2020

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FY2020-21 Reimagining Public Safety Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission September 18, 2020 Summary Category APD Budget Reductions/Reinvestments Amount $31.5 million APD Units transferred to Reimagine Safety Fund $45.1 million APD units transferred to Decouple Fund $76.6 million Total $153.2 million AAQOL Advisory Commission Update 1 APD Budget Reductions/Reinvestments: $31.5 million Immediate reductions/reallocations • Cancel 3 cadet classes • Reduction in 80+ vacant positions • Reduce overtime • Fund public safety radio replacements through contractual obligations • Reduce specialized fleet modifications and reduce cell phone budget • Transfer of Special Events civilian staff to DSD • Transfer of APD PIO positions to newly created public safety communications program in Communications and Public Information Office • License Plate Readers • Mounted Patrol Civilian Vacancies • Delayed scheduled replacement • Partially fund Records of duty weapons Management AAQOL Advisory Commission Update 2 APD Budget Reductions/Reinvestments: $31.5 million (cont’d) Reinvestments • Permanent Supportive Housing • EMS and APH COVID resources • Family Violence Shelter • Office of Violence Prevention • Mental health Responders and CHPs • Increased resources for Equity Office, Office of Police Oversight and new Civil Rights Office • Substance Abuse resources • Food Access • Abortion Access • Family Support and Re-Entry programs • Mental Health resources for HOST • Workforce programs • Increased resources for APH mental health services, family violence programs, and immigrant legal services • Targeted training for trauma-informed response, unconscious bias, and racial and cultural sensitivity, as well as training to safely administer Naloxone to someone experiencing a drug overdose • Expansion of the Integral Care-EMCOT • Early Childhood Program Coordinator • Mobility Services Officer Study • Equity in Policing Technology resource • Juneteenth Holiday AAQOL Advisory Commission Update 3 APD Units transferred to Reimagine Safety Fund: $45.1 million • Austin Regional Intelligence Center • Wrecker • DWI Enforcement • Explorers • Highway Enforcement • Interdiction K9 • Lake Patrol • Learned Skills Unit • Motors • Mounted Patrol • Nuisance Abatement • Overtime • Park Police • Recruiting • Traffic • Training AAQOL Advisory Commission Update 4 APD units transferred to Decouple Fund: $76.6 million • Booking Services • Business Technology • Central Equip & Supply Inventory • Chemistry • Communications Dispatch Center Emergency 9-1-1 • Crime Analysis • Crime Records/Fingerprints Planning • Crime Scene • DNA • Evidence Control • Facilities • Financial Management Fleet/Equip Vehicle/Supply Internal Affairs • Forensic Services • • Latent Prints • Multi-Media Services • Polygraph • Police Communications Ballistics • Police Records • Police Technology Planning • PRCA Support Supervision • Records Management • Research & Planning • Technology Administration/Management • Alarm Permits • Risk Management • Special Events Office • Special Investigations • Victim Services AAQOL Advisory Commission Update 5 Additional Direction • Come back to Council in no longer than 6 months with evaluation and recommendations of additional changes/recommendations • Develop a plan for the creation of a new Department of Emergency Communications and Technology • Explore the creation of new departments of public safety with sworn leadership for patrol, investigations, traffic safety, and professional standards • Relocate APD Headquarters and initiate a community-led effort to determine how the property could be used to address historic inequities in the Black community • Examine expansion of Park Rangers program instead of Park Police AAQOL Advisory Commission Update 6 FY2020-21 Reimagining Public Safety Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission September 18, 2020